Improvement in traveling-caps



A. SEHWARZ.

Traveling-Cap.

Patented March 16, 1875.

Attorneys,

' THEGRAPHIO C0.PHOTO.LITH.39&.41 PARK PLAGE,N.Y.

UNITED STATES PATENT l ETHQE ADOLPH SOHWARZ, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRAVELING-CAPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 160,844, dated March16, 1875 application filed August 4, 1873.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ADOLPH SGHWARZ, of thecity, county, and State of New York, have invented a new and ImprovedTraveling-Cap, of which the following is a specification:

In the accompanying drawing, Figures 1 and 2 represent perspective viewsof myimproved reversible traveling-cap, as applied in difierent shapesto the head.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

My invention relates to an improvement in reversible traveling-caps,which may be arranged in a variety of different forms, according to thefancy of the wearer; and consists in the introduction of a connecting-piece across the opening for the face, by which the eyes and mouth areleft uncovered, but the nose and checks protected, producing thereby amore complete cap.

Hitherto these traveling-caps, with a full face opening in the capepart, which appeared when this part was drawn down from its foldedposition around the body of the cap, and exposed thereby the whole faceto the cold, wind, and rain, or other inconveniences of the weather.This is obviated in a great measure by my nose-band, which leaves themouth and the lower part of the nose free for breathing, and an openingfor the eyes.

In the drawing, A represents the body of the cap, with a peak, B,attached, which may be turned up or down, as desired. 0 is the cape,which is secured around the lower circumference of body A, and may befolded up, as indicated in Fig. 1, or arranged in any other position, asfancy may dictate. The front part of the cape (J is provided below peakB with horizontal openings at for the eyes and mouth, which areseparated by a cross-band or faceprotecting piece, D, as shown in Fig.2. This covers fully the cheeks and nose, and makes the cap in everyrespect more convenient and serviceable, without interfering at all withthe different uses to which the cap has hitherto been applied.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Pat ent As an improvement in traveling-caps, the cross-bandor face-protector D of the cape (J, which leaves narrow openings at forthe eyes and mouth, substantially as and for the purposes described.

ADOLPH SGHWARZ.

Witnesses PAUL GoEPEL, T. B. MOSHER.

